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Top Market Salary

We’ll pay you well; our target is better than 75% of comparable companies.

Stock Options

We give out stock options, so each of us can own a bit of the company.

Conferences

Go to 1-2 out-of-city conferences a year with all expenses paid, or more within Toronto. Yay!

Gym Membership

Join a gym to stay healthy, and the company will pay for 50% of the costs.

Take Courses

Take courses from universities or schools, and we will pay 50% of the tuition.

Work
from Home

Any one of us can choose to work from home for at least 2 days a week.

Flexible Hours

We don’t have a set 9-5 schedule, as long as your hours are reasonable.

Sweet Computers

We ensure that you have top-notch computers and software to work with.

Beautiful Office

A beautiful open-concept space for you to do what you do best. No cubicles.

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FRONT-END WEB DEVELOPER

(a.k.a. Wizard of Webosity)

As our Front-End Web Developer, you will be working on our new Secret Stealth Project. You will be doing both programming and light-weight design work. You will also be focused on getting the look & feel and usability *right* in order for our users to have the best experience with the product.

You should have:

  • 1+ years of software development experience
  • Serious skills with HTML / CSS / Javascript, especially between different browsers
  • Experience with Ruby, Python, PHP, or a similar language
  • BS or higher in Computer Science or related field
  • Fanatical drive to polish the look and feel of your work
  • A better sense of aesthetics than most of your programmer friends

Experience that's nice to have:

  • Ruby on Rails
  • Experience with SQL

Other stuff we'd be happy to hear about:

  • Experience with business systems (accounting, inventory, CRM, etc.)
  • Experience designing or playing social games
  • Experience with social media (blogging, Twitter, hardcore Facebooking)
  • Experience with online marketing, copywriting, etc.

BACK-END WEB DEVELOPER

(a.k.a. Warp-drive Guru)

As our Back-End Web Developer, you will be working on our new Secret Stealth Project. You will be programming and architecting the back-end infrastructure of the web application. You will be working on issues such as: performance, scalability, transactions, etc.

You should have:

  • 3+ years of software development experience
  • Experience with deploying web apps
  • Experience with optimizing performance and scalability for web apps
  • Experience with SQL
  • Experience with scripting languages (eg. Ruby, Python, PHP)
  • BS or higher in Computer Science or related field

Experience that's nice to have:

  • Ruby on Rails
  • Caching, load balancing, sharding, etc.
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Database administration
  • Security for web apps
  • Tracking web statistics and performance monitoring
  • HTML / CSS / Javascript

Other stuff we'd be happy to hear about:

  • Experience with business systems (accounting, inventory, CRM, etc.)
  • Experience designing or playing social games
  • Experience with social media (blogging, Twitter, hardcore Facebooking)
  • Open-source or recreational coding

SYSTEMS & DATABASE ADMIN

(a.k.a. The Overseer)

You should have:

  • 2+ years of focused experience administering systems and databases
  • 2+ years of software development experience
  • BS or higher in Computer Science or related field
  • Serious skills in a Unix environment
  • The ability to make MySQL run quickly and robustly
  • The ability to pick out and maintain the best environment for running web-based applications
  • In-depth knowledge of security best practices for the whole stack
  • In-depth knowledge of database, server, and network performance optimization strategies
  • Seasoned paranoia to make sure data never gets lost

Things that are to have:

  • NoSQL databases
  • Amazon EC2
  • Pushing programmers around to protect the data or ensure security
  • Experience managing Windows Servers and SQL Server
  • Ruby on Rails
  • HTML / CSS / Javascript / AJAX

Other stuff we'd be happy to hear about:

  • Experience with business systems (accounting, inventory, CRM, etc.)
  • Experience in blogging or speaking to a technical audience
  • Your loud opinions on how everybody has their system set up wrong

PRODUCT & GRAPHICS DESIGNER

(a.k.a. Design & Creative Rockstar)

What you'll be doing:

  • suggest ways to improve the user experience of the software: usability, interactivity, features
  • design the user interface of the software: layout, look & feel, icons/graphics
  • design the layout and graphics for any marketing effort: website, ads, blog posts, promo
  • become the standard and gatekeeper of “what looks good” within the company

You should have:

  • 2+ years working experience in the design field
  • expert skills in Photoshop and Illustrator
  • an awesome portfolio (showing both computer and hand-drawing skills)
  • creativity - you should be the most creative person in the company
  • any degree in arts or design

Experience that's nice to have:

  • software UI design
  • mobile app design
  • website design
  • some HTML/CSS/Javascript knowledge

Please email at least 3 pieces of work you did when submitting your resume.

ONLINE MARKETING SPECIALIST

(a.k.a. Marketing Genius )

What you'll be doing:

  • suggest creative ways to market the product better
  • analyze and improve metrics on conversion funnel: Google analytics, SQL data mining
  • get better Google rankings: SEO, link building, website HTML tweaking
  • manage online ads: Google adwords, media/banner buy
  • copywriting for website, ads, and promotions: blogging, twittering, email newsletter

You should have:

  • 2+ years experience of hands-on technical online marketing
  • worked on SEO, adwords, and email marketing before
  • experience with mining data on relation database (SQL)
  • working knowledge on HTML / CSS
  • good understanding of social media and online community building
  • engaging story-telling and writing skills
  • sense of taste, style, and creativity
  • any university degree

Experience that's nice to have:

  • marketed a consumer or mass-market product before
  • some experiences in branding and design

CUSTOMER SERVICE & SUPPORT

(a.k.a. Customer Champion)

What you'll be doing:

  • provide sales & technical support to our customers through phone, email, etc. 3 to 4 days a week
  • gather feedback from customers and help us dream up how to best meet their needs
  • produce tutorial videos, guides, and documentation to help customers learn to use our product
  • evaluate our latest improvements and coordinate a group of testers for larger scale testing
  • initiate your own ideas and projects to help us grow

You should have:

  • decent technical computer skills: network, OS, hardware, regedit
  • experience taking care of customers (retail, phone, etc)
  • magnifitastic writing skill
  • a love of helping people

Experience that's nice to have:

  • teaching or tutoring other people
  • writing, blogging, or producing videos
  • working in small business environments
  • fluent in another language
Email us your resume at jobs@archonsystems.com!
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